functional sentence perspective: Meaning and Definition of

func'tional sen'tence perspec"tive

Pronunciation: [key]
— Ling. Ling.
  1. the organization of a sentence in terms of the role of its elements in distinguishing between old and new information, esp. the division of a sentence into theme and rheme.
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